BIBLIOGRAPHY

There are many publications with information about college planning and specific colleges. Guides such as those below are available for loan from Mrs. Birtel's office and for sale at local bookstores.

1. Adler, Joeanne, 100 Colleges Where Average Students Can Excel.

2. Barron's Profiles of American Colleges.

3. The Best 3ll Colleges, Princeton Review.

4. Cass, James and Max Birnham. Comparative Guide to American Colleges.

5. Coburn, Karen and Treeger, Madge. Letting Go.

6. The College Handbook. (From the CEEB.)

7. Davis, Herm. College Financial Aid for Dummies.

8. Fiske, Edward. Selective Guide to Colleges and The Best Buys in College Education.

9. The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, Yale Daily News

10. Lovejoy, Clarence E. Lovejoy's College Guide.

11. Moll, Richard. Playing the Private College Admissions Game and The Public Ivys.

12. Ordonevsky, Pat. College Planning for Dummies.

13. Paul, Bill. Getting In.

14. Pope, Loren. Colleges that Change Lives and Looking Beyond the Ivy League.

15. Shields, Charles J. The College Guide for Parents.

16. Sullivan, Robert. Ivy League Programs at State School Prices.

17. Wolff, Michael. How to Get into the School of Your Dreams Using the Internet and Online Sources

 

There are also many books for preparing for the SAT I, SAT II, and ACT. Call the College Counseling office (891-1943) if you wish for information on test preparation-books, courses, computer programs-or on financial aid and scholarships.

Also, check out the following web links to aid in preparation for tests and college decisions.

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Click on this link to get you to the Kaplan reviews to help you prepare for the PSAT, SAT, ACT, and other college entrance tests.

 Click on this link if you need help with college applications and decisions.

                           

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This link connects you to the ACT web page.   It contains information about preparation for the ACT, information for parents, and several other areas involving the ACT. Click on this link in order to get loads of information about every college issue that you can think of.

 

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This is a link that can help connect you to colleges by their state and then to individual college web sites from there. This link connects you to a listing of over 700 college applications.  Find the college that you want and then click on its link to find the application that you need

          

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This link allows you to go to College View's web site.  This company creates college software, and the page contains information about finding colleges and several interactive campus tours. Click on this link in order to connect to a web site with over 100 catholic colleges and universities.
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This link connects you to the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design.  This web site informs students about several well-known and unknown artistic colleges. Click on this link in order to take you to a web site that includes everything from college searches to programs abroad to anything else that a student could possibly want.

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Updated: 01/22/02